Re: Secret Intel Not reducing Illuminated Destiny

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This post is part of the bugs and issues forum transition.

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"Secret Intel: +25% Potency and when another ally uses a Special ability they gain Secret Intel for 3 turns, THEN the cooldown of Illuminated Destiny is reduced by 1 for each ally with Secret Intel."

Depending on how you interpret the placement of the comma it can be read to mean that if another ally uses a special ability they gain the secret Intel buff, and then if they have the buff the cooldown is reduced by 1 for each ally with secret Intel. Meaning if an ally already had the buff (since it lasts more than 1 turn) and used a basic attack they wouldn't gain (refresh) the buff, but THEN the cooldown on illuminated destiny is reduced by one at the end of their turn since they already had the buff. Comma placement is important. If the special ability was what triggered the cooldown reduction, the comma seems inappropriate. It should then read, "Secret Intel: +25% Potency and when another ally uses a Special ability they gain Secret Intel for 3 turns and the cooldown of Illuminated Destiny is reduced by 1 for each ally with Secret Intel."

This is why grammar should still be taught in schools.

The comma placement is fine. There is only one WHEN in this sentence, and that is contingent on another ally using a special ability. That is the only thing the THEN could be referring to.

If you take that out, it would read, "Secret Intel: +25% Potency and then the cooldown of Illuminated Destiny...", which actually doesn't make much sense. The +25% Potency is not an action that takes place during a turn; it is a boost that persists while the buff is present. Maybe they could add another comma or a semicolon after "Potency," but the meaning of the ability description seems perfectly clear.